Isaiah 5:20-23

Woe to the Wicked

²⁰ Woe to _w those who call evil good
and good evil,
_x who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
²¹ Woe to those who are _y wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
²² Woe to those who are _z heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³ who _a acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!

1. Cross References
   Amos 5:7
   O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
   
2. Cross References
   Job 17:12
   They make night into day: 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.
   Matthew 6:22 - 23
   The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
   Luke 11:34 - 35
   Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 3:7
   Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
   Romans 12:16
   Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 5:11
   Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 23:8
   And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
   Proverbs 17:15
   He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.